TY - JOUR AU - Bacha, Jason M. AU - Ngo, Katherine AU - Clowes, Petra AU - Draper, Heather R. AU - Ntinginya, Elias N. AU - DiNardo, Andrew AU - Mangu, Chacha AU - Sabi, Issa AU - Mtafya, Bariki AU - Mandalakas, Anna M. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/02/06 TI - Why being an expert – despite xpert –remains crucial for children in high TB burden settings JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 123 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - As access to Xpert expands in high TB-burden settings, its performance against clinically diagnosed TB as a reference standard provides important insight as the majority of childhood TB is bacteriologically unconfirmed. We aim to describe the characteristics and outcomes of children with presumptive TB and TB disease, and assess performance of Xpert under programmatic conditions against a clinical diagnosis of TB as a reference standard. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2236-9 DO - 10.1186/s12879-017-2236-9 ID - Bacha2017 ER -